GMATCH(3G-SVR4)     RISC/os Reference Manual      GMATCH(3G-SVR4)



NAME
     gmatch - shell global pattern matching

SYNOPSIS
     cc [flag ...] file ...  -lgen [library ...]

     #include <libgen.h>

     int gmatch (const char *str, const char *pattern);

DESCRIPTION
     gmatch checks whether the null-terminated string str matches
     the null-terminated pattern string pattern.  See the sh(1)
     section, File Name Generation, for a discussion of pattern
     matching.  gmatch returns non-zero if the pattern matches
     the string, zero if the pattern doesn't.  A backslash () is
     used as an escape character in pattern strings.

EXAMPLE
          char *s;

          gmatch (s, "*[a\-]" )

     gmatch returns non-zero (true) for all strings with a or -
     as their last character.

SEE ALSO
     sh(1) in the User's Reference Manual



























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